Rim Jong-sim

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Rim Jong-sim

| image = Rim jong sim.png

| imagesize =

| caption = Rim in 2019

| nationality = North Korean

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|2|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Pyongyang, North Korea

| height = 1.60 m

| weight = 75.90 kg

| country = North Korea

| sport = Weightlifting

| event = –76 kg

| club = Kigwancha Sports Club

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{PRK}}}}

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{{Infobox Korean name

| context = north

| hangul = 림정심

| hanja =

| rr = Im Jeongsim

| mr = Rim Chŏngsim

}}

Rim Jong-sim ({{Korean|hangul=림정심}}; {{IPA|ko|ɾim.dzʌŋ.ɕim}} or {{IPA|ko|ɾim|}} {{IPA|ko|tsʌŋ.ɕim|}}; born 5 February 1993) is a North Korean retired weightlifter, two time Olympic Champion, World Champion, Asian Games gold{{Cite news|date=26 August 2018|title=N. Korea's sister power: Rim Jong-sim wins gold in women's 75kg weightlifting|work=The Korea Herald|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180826000257|access-date=18 May 2020}} and bronze medalist, and Asian Champion competing in the 69 kg and 75 kg category until 2018 and 76 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[http://ashgabat2018.com/img/startlistv2/W76A.pdf PDF listing of 2018 Group A world championship entrants in 76 kg]

Career

She won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics at the women's 69 kg event.{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/rim-jong-sim-1176662/|title=Rim Jong-sim|publisher=London2012.com|accessdate=1 August 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121208223111/www.london2012.com/athlete/rim-jong-sim-1176662/|archivedate=8 December 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oly-weig-wlm69k-wrap-day5/weightlifting-rim-extends-north-koreas-golden-run-idUSBRE87010M20120801|title=Weightlifting: Rim extends North Korea's golden run|work=Reuters|date=August 2012 |accessdate=14 December 2018}} Four years later, she won the gold medal at the women's 75 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/jong-sim-rim |title=Jong Sim Rim |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=12 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817085512/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/jong-sim-rim |archivedate=17 August 2016 }}{{Cite web |url=https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/RIM-Jong-Sim-3027553/ |title=2018 Asian Games profile |access-date=2018-11-07 |archive-date=2018-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820234926/https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/RIM-Jong-Sim-3027553/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-weightlifting-women-75kg/gold-at-last-for-north-korea-rim-cheers-her-beloved-leader-idUSKCN10N2MX|title=Gold at last for North Korea|work=Reuters|date=12 August 2016 |accessdate=14 December 2018}}

Personal life

Rim has a younger sister Rim Un-sim who is an Olympic weightlifter in 64 kg division.

She is a mother.{{cite news|first1=Brian |last1=Oliver |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1141533/north-korea-weightlifting-big-read |title=North Korea's record-breaking weightlifters - "they're so good it's scary" |work=InsideTheGames |date=8 October 2023 |accessdate=20 December 2023}}

Major results

width=60 \| 1 ! width=60 \| 2 ! width=60 \| 3 ! width=45 \| Rank ! width=60 \| 1 ! width=60 \| 2 ! width=60 \| 3 ! width=45 \| Rank
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2 width=40 \| Year ! rowspan=2 width=250 \| Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60 \| Weight ! colspan=4 \| Snatch (kg) ! colspan=4 \| Clean & Jerk (kg) ! rowspan=2 width=60 \| Total ! rowspan=2 width=40 \| Rank
colspan=13 \| Olympic Games
2012	align=left \| {{flag icon\|GBR}} London, Great Britain	69 kg	111	115	~~117~~	1	142	~~146~~	146	1	261	{{gold1}}
2016	align=left \| {{flag icon\|BRA}} Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	75 kg	117	~~121~~	121	1	145	153	~~162~~	1	274	{{gold1}}
colspan=13\|World Championships
2010	align=left\| {{flag icon\|TUR}} Antalya, Turkey	63 kg	100	104	~~107~~	5	127	~~130~~	~~130~~	7	231	6
2014	align=left \| {{flag icon\|KAZ}} Almaty, Kazakhstan	75 kg	115	120	123	4	147	153	~~156~~	{{gold1}}	276	{{bronze3}}
2015	align=left \| {{flag icon\|USA}} Houston, United States	75 kg	120	125	~~128~~	{{silver2}}	150	155	~~157~~	{{gold1}}	280	{{silver2}}
2018	align=left \| {{flag icon\|TKM}} Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	76 kg	115	119	~~121~~	{{gold1}}	145	150	~~153~~	{{silver2}}	269	{{silver2}}
2019	align=left\| {{flagicon\|THA}} Pattaya, Thailand	76 kg	120	124 CWR	~~126~~	{{Gold1}}	148	152	~~155~~	{{silver2}}	276	{{Gold1}}
colspan=13\|Asian Games
2010	align=left\| {{flag icon\|CHN}} Guangzhou, China	69 kg	100	~~103~~	103	3	126	~~129~~	129	4	232	4
2014	align=left\| {{flagicon\|KOR}} Incheon, South Korea	75 kg	118	~~122~~	~~122~~	4	146	153	~~154~~	3	271	{{bronze3}}
2018	align=left\| {{flagicon\|INA}} Jakarta, Indonesia	75 kg	110	113	116	1	137	142	147	1	263	{{gold1}}
colspan=13\|Asian Championships
2019	align=left\| {{flagicon\|CHN}} Ningbo, China	76 kg	115	119	123 WR	{{gold1}}	148	152	155	{{gold1}}	278 CWR	{{gold1}}

References

External links

{{IWF|2861|RIM Jong Sim|athlete=rim-jong-sim-1993-02-05|archive=20210621075952}}
{{Olympedia|126913|Rim Jong-Sim}}
{{Olympics.com profile|jong-sim-rim|Jong Sim RIM|org_archive=20190411142351}}

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Category:1993 births

Category:Living people

Category:North Korean female weightlifters

Category:Olympic weightlifters for North Korea

Category:Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Category:Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic gold medalists for North Korea

Category:Olympic medalists in weightlifting

Category:Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games

Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics